Tag archive: Lego

It was probably a rather small step for Lego but it was certainly one giant leap for a Lego man when he was launched into space by a couple of Canadian teens recently. The mission was the result of the hard work and ingenuity of friends Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, who worked on their project during free time on weekends. It took them four months to complete and cost just $400. The space-bound contraption the two 17-year-olds came up with… Read More

The Internet always gets what it wants. You may remember Mojang was looking at working with Lego for physical building block concepts last year. Well, an overwhelming show of support from Mojang's fans has persuaded Lego to officially announce development of Minecraft branded building sets. The Cuusoo blog confirmed today that the Minecraft project passed the Lego review which determines whether the product development is feasible or not.… Read More

The King of Lego Geeks crown must go to physicist Sasche Mehlhase from the Niels Bohr Institute; at the very least he deserves a nomination. Mehlhase has created a detailed Lego model of the ATLAS detector, which is part of the ATLAS particle physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. ATLAS is one of the two general-purpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider. The model is part of an outreach project at the Niels Bohr Institute… Read More

Guest contributor Berna Erol is the founder of iKid Apps , which reviews the best iPhone, iPad, and Android kids apps, and offers a wealth of tips for parents. Follow her at @bernae on Twitter. Smartphones and tablets, combined with great apps and sensible screen time, can do wonders for entertaining and educating our children. Nevertheless, the interaction with these devices is still limited to a few gestures, so they do little help with… Read More

In a move that seems perfectly sensible, Mojang is currently working with everyone's favorite childhood building block company to bring Minecraft building officially into the physical realm. With enough support, we may soon see a LEGO Minecraft set. As Mojang puts it: “Minecraft is about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine in the virtual world. You can build anything you imagine with LEGO bricks in the physical world.… Read More

There’s always one: that gadget-loving person on your holiday gift list that has everything. The moment you think of something they might like, you should probably assume they’ve already bought it for themselves. And the deeper you get into the shopping season with all its discounts and door busters that your recipient is also taking advantage of, the more difficult your search becomes. What you need are the most obscure gadgets, memorabilia,… Read More

Now here's an unexpected pairing that makes a wacky sort of sense: LEGO and iPhones. The Danish company responsible for the iconic building blocks announced its new interactive iPhone app this week, and it's an interesting one, to say the least. Titled The Life of George, the app challenges users to quickly build small models using real LEGO bricks and then snap a photo of the finished product with the iPhone's camera. Points… Read More

It is said by many that today's Lego builders are tomorrow's builders of bridges, skyscrapers and tunnels (yes, real ones). Whereas some children happily use the plastic bricks to construct nothing more complicated than a wall, others find a deep connection with the building process and begin to produce structures displaying such impressive technical skill that even Dad is left looking on in awe. If you've ever been to… Read More

If you have never played the Lego style of games before, then you might want to start off with a different title and you should definitely avoid the handheld versions. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars brings the unique  and generally very entertaining Lego style to the Nintendo 3DS, but it fails to capture the magic that makes these games so much fun. If you have played the console version of this game, avoid this title at all costs. It is… Read More

Kids love Legos. Actually, everybody loves Legos. Enjoying the little multi-colored building blocks are just part of what makes us human, we believe. And that means good things for Lego Systems, which announced Monday that it surpassed $1 billion in consumer sales in the United States in 2010, helping the company reach its highest share of the U.S. toy market ever. Lego Systems reportedly enjoyed a 25 percent jump in consumer sales over 2009,… Read More